Come Swing With Me!:
Sinatra on Capitol

capitol CDP 7 94520 2

This was the third and final collaboration of Sinatra and May on Capitol and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh and recorded over 3 days in March, 1961. Billy May conducted and split the arranging with Heinie Beau who created the arrangements for five of the 12 selections: Sentimental Journey, American Beauty Rose, Don't Take Your Love From Me, Old Black Magic and Lover.

Capitol decided to fill out the content of the CD as usual by adding material from previous sessions. I Love You was recorded on April 30, 1953 and three tunes are the work of Nelson Riddle: Why Should I Cry Over You recorded on December 8, 1953; How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me, recorded on March 7, 1955 and River, Stay 'Way From My Door, recorded on April 12, 1960. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues was arranged and conducted by Skip Martin and was recorded on March 6, 1962 at Sinatra's final Capitol Records session.

May's and Beau's orchestrations called for the unusual instrumentation of 8 trumpets, six trombones, 2 bass trombones, 4 French horns, tuba, harp, rhythm and additional percussion. The arrangements were designed to have the brass split into two sections which were used in call-and-response fashion.

TRACKS:

• 1. Day By Day (Axel Stordahl-Paul Weston-Sammy Cahn))


• 2. Sentimental Journey (Les Brown-Benjamin Homer-Bud Green)


• 3. Almost Like Being In Love (Frederick Loewe-Aln J. Lerner)


• 4. Five Minutes More (Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn)


• 5. American Beauty Rose (Arthur Altman-Hal David-Redd Evans)


• 6. Yes Indeed! (Sy Oliver)


• 7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields)


• 8. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo)


• 9. Old Black Magic (Harold Arlen-Johnny mercer)


• 10. Lover (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)


• 11. Paper Doll (Johnny S. Black)


• 12. I've Heard That Song Before (Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn)


• 13. I Love You (Harry Archer-Harlan Thompson)


• 14. Why Shoul;d I Cry Over You (Chester Conn-Ned Miller)


• 15. How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me (Tyree Glenn-Allan Roberts)


• 16. River, Stay 'Way From My Door (Mort Dixon-Harry M. Woods)


• 17. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler)